Rubber heel



June 12, 1923.

J. VAN MELLE RUBBER HEEL Filed April 18, 1922 Patented June 12, 1923.

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Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial-No. 554,690.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that citizen of the United States,residing at. Du-

in buying buque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, hasinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber Heels, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a resilient heel for shoes, and has for itsprimary object to provide a resilient tread adapted to be applied to theheel of a shoe, which will afford in a marked degree the desirablequalities of resiliency, durability, evenness of wear anvatlord'security to the wearer against slip- Til the construction ofrubber heels, great objection has been found to same, on t e ground thatsame do not prevent slipping, also the fact that within a short timeafter being applied to the heel of the shoe, begins to wear on the rearof same, which results of a new pair of heels or wearing a shoe thatgives thewearer an uneven footing. 1 have designed my rubber heel toavoid these objectionable features, by inserting a rotary rubber plugwithin the body of the rubber heel and having the rotary plug extend aslight distance beyond the tread surface of the body of the rubber heel,and having the surface of the rotary tread portion provided with acorrugation or serrated face, to prevent slipping on wet pavements, etc.By the use of the rotary plug, the same can be rotated when one partwears which is always adjacent the rear of the heel, to bring an unusedpart of the rotary plug into position adjacent the rear of the heel.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rubber heel of theabove described character, that is simple in construction, easilyattached to the heel. of a shoe, durable, eflicient for the purposeintended'and one that can be manufactured and placed on the market at arelatively low cost.

These and like objects of my invention will be better understood as thedescription proceeds, and as is specifically pointed out in the appendedclaim. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of thisspecification,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the bottom or tread portion of my improvedrubber heel.

Figure 2 is a sectional View of the pre- JEAN VAN MELLE, a

ferred embodiment of my invention applied to "the heel of a shoe.

, Figure 3 illustrates in sectionthe various pprts; of whichthe rubberheel is composed o r I Figure 4: is a plan view plates positionedbetween and the heel of the shoe.

Referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals will be used todesignate like parts in the different views,

The numeral 1 indicates a shoe of the of the metallic the rubber heel dusual construction that is supplied with the usual leather heel 2. Thenumeral 3 designates as a whole my improved rubber heel, which consistsof a rubber body 3 that is so shaped as to conform to the tread portionof the leather "heel, and the rubber body 3 is provided with a circularopening i extending all the way through the same and the said opening islocated adjacent the rear of the rubber body. A metal plate 5 which isof such shape as to conformto the shape of the leather heel 2 and therubber heel 3, is positioned between the two and is provided withopenings 6, that are adapted to aline with openings 7'in the rubber body3, so that nails or other fastening means may be driven through therubber heel and metal plate into the leather heel 2 of the shoe. Theperiphery of ed with a series of V-shaped tonguesstruck out of same andbent at right angle to the plate 5. These tongues 8 are adapted to themetal plate 5 is providbe molded within the rubber body 3', as indicatedat 9.

A circular rubber plug 10, that is provided with a serrated treadportion 11, is inserted within the circular opening 4 from the rubberbody 3, and is secured therein by means of a star shaped plate 12 and ascrew 12, which is positioned within a recess 13 formed in the circularrubber plug. The

. tread portion 11 of the circular rubber plug 10, extends a slightdistance beyond the tread portion of the rubber body 3', so that theserrated edge 11 offers a firm grip to the wearer of my improved rubberheel on a slippery or wet pavement. When a portion of the circularrubber plug 10 starts to wear, all that is necessary is to loosen up onthe fastening screw 12', rotate the circular plug around to such aposition that an unworn 'tain position as to receive portion of the plugwill be brought into cerfurtherobjects or explanation as to the op;

eration of the invention is unnecessary.

Nhile I have shown and described "the preferred embodiment of myinvention, I realize that various m-inorbhanges may be resorted to,without departing fIOlTl the spirit and scope of theinvention asclaimed, therefore, I do not wish to limitrnyself to the exact detailsof construction shown, nor

to the combination and arrangement of Pa t the greatest I/Vhat I claimas new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:-

In a detachable resilient shoe heel, a'rubher body conforming totheshape'of a heel and provided with a circular opening, a

metal plate series of ll-shaped tongues struck body, a from the metalbody and molded within the rubherbody, said metal plate provided withJEAN VAN positioned on top of the rubber

